IXL Skill Plan | Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: Grade 8

Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: Grade 8

Skills available for Florida eighth-grade language arts standards

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Reading
Communication
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ELA.8.R	Reading
ELA.8.R.1 Reading Prose and Poetry
ELA.8.R.1.1 Analyze the interaction between character development, setting, and plot in a literary text.		Analyze literature 1. Analyze short stories 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts Novel study 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2
ELA.8.R.1.1 Analyze the interaction between character development, setting, and plot in a literary text.
Analyze literature 1. Analyze short stories 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts Novel study 3. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 1 4. Analyze passages from The Giver: Part 2 5. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 1 6. Analyze passages from The Outsiders: Part 2

ELA.8.R.1.2 Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories
ELA.8.R.1.2 Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the themes of short stories

ELA.8.R.1.3 Analyze how an author develops and individualizes the perspectives of different characters.		1. Analyze short stories
ELA.8.R.1.3 Analyze how an author develops and individualizes the perspectives of different characters.
1. Analyze short stories

ELA.8.R.1.4 Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry.		Poetic elements 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry Imagery 3. Identify sensory details Figurative language 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 5. Interpret figures of speech 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
ELA.8.R.1.4 Analyze structure, sound, imagery, and figurative language in poetry.
Poetic elements 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Identify elements of poetry Imagery 3. Identify sensory details Figurative language 4. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 5. Interpret figures of speech 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
ELA.8.R.2 Reading Informational Text
ELA.8.R.2.1 Analyze how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.		Text structure 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures Text features 5. Read graphic organizers
ELA.8.R.2.1 Analyze how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose and/or meaning in texts.
Text structure 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures Text features 5. Read graphic organizers

ELA.8.R.2.2 Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.		Central idea 1. Determine the central idea of a passage 2. Trace an argument Supporting details 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Analyze informational texts 5. Read and understand informational passages Nonfiction book study 6. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 8. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2
ELA.8.R.2.2 Analyze two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.
Central idea 1. Determine the central idea of a passage 2. Trace an argument Supporting details 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts Analyze informational texts 5. Read and understand informational passages Nonfiction book study 6. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 1 7. Analyze passages from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Part 2 8. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 1 9. Analyze passages from Travels with Charley: Part 2

ELA.8.R.2.3 Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Rhetorical strategies 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 4. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
ELA.8.R.2.3 Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Rhetorical strategies 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 4. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

ELA.8.R.2.4 Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness, identifying ways in which the argument could be improved.		1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts
ELA.8.R.2.4 Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness, identifying ways in which the argument could be improved.
1. Trace an argument 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts
ELA.8.R.3 Reading Across Genres
ELA.8.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language contributes to meaning and explain examples of symbolism in text(s).		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
ELA.8.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language contributes to meaning and explain examples of symbolism in text(s).
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

ELA.8.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.		1. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
1. Identify plagiarism

ELA.8.R.3.3 Compare and contrast the use or discussion of archetypes in texts.
ELA.8.R.3.3 Compare and contrast the use or discussion of archetypes in texts.


ELA.8.R.3.4 Explain how an author uses rhetorical devices to support or advance an appeal.		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
ELA.8.R.3.4 Explain how an author uses rhetorical devices to support or advance an appeal.
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

ELA.8.C	Communication
ELA.8.C.1 Communicating Through Writing
ELA.8.C.1.2 Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, varied transitions, and a clearly established point of view.		Descriptive details 1. Identify sensory details 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion 5. Interpret figures of speech 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Use personification Supporting details 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts Shades of meaning 9. Describe the difference between related words 10. Positive and negative connotation Transitions 11. Use coordinating conjunctions 12. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 13. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
ELA.8.C.1.2 Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, varied transitions, and a clearly established point of view.
Descriptive details 1. Identify sensory details 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Figurative language 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion 5. Interpret figures of speech 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 7. Use personification Supporting details 8. Identify supporting details in literary texts Shades of meaning 9. Describe the difference between related words 10. Positive and negative connotation Transitions 11. Use coordinating conjunctions 12. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 13. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions

ELA.8.C.1.3 Write to argue a position, supporting at least one claim and rebutting at least one counterclaim with logical reasoning, credible evidence from sources, elaboration, and using a logical organizational structure.		Organization 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong Counterclaims 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Evaluate counterclaims Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting details 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Choose evidence to support a claim 10. Identify supporting details in informational texts 11. Identify supporting details in literary texts 12. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 13. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Logical fallacies 14. Classify logical fallacies Thesis statements 15. Identify thesis statements
ELA.8.C.1.3 Write to argue a position, supporting at least one claim and rebutting at least one counterclaim with logical reasoning, credible evidence from sources, elaboration, and using a logical organizational structure.
Organization 1. Remove the sentence that does not belong Counterclaims 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Evaluate counterclaims Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting details 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Choose evidence to support a claim 10. Identify supporting details in informational texts 11. Identify supporting details in literary texts 12. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 13. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Logical fallacies 14. Classify logical fallacies Thesis statements 15. Identify thesis statements

ELA.8.C.1.4 Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using relevant supporting details, logical organization, and varied purposeful transitions.		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting details 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts 9. Identify supporting details in literary texts Text structures 10. Identify text structures Topic sentences 11. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea
ELA.8.C.1.4 Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using relevant supporting details, logical organization, and varied purposeful transitions.
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Transitions 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 6. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions 7. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Supporting details 8. Identify supporting details in informational texts 9. Identify supporting details in literary texts Text structures 10. Identify text structures Topic sentences 11. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea

ELA.8.C.1.5 Improve writing by planning, editing, considering feedback from adults and peers, and revising for clarity and cohesiveness.		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Revision 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Suggest appropriate revisions Editing 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Correct errors with frequently confused words 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use Complete sentences 11. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 12. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 13. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence variety 14. Create varied sentences based on models Parallel structure 15. Use parallel structure Pronouns 16. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 17. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 18. Identify vague pronoun references 19. Use reflexive pronouns 20. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Nouns 21. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Subject-verb agreement 22. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 23. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 24. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Verb tense 25. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Adjectives and adverbs 26. Order adjectives 27. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Comparatives and superlatives 28. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 29. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Misplaced modifiers 30. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 31. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 32. Are the modifiers used correctly? Commas 33. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 34. Commas with series, dates, and places 35. Commas with compound and complex sentences 36. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 37. Commas with coordinate adjectives 38. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and commas 39. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 40. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 41. Use dashes 42. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 43. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Capitalization 44. Correct capitalization errors 45. Capitalizing titles Formatting 46. Formatting quotations and dialogue Plagiarism 47. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.1.5 Improve writing by planning, editing, considering feedback from adults and peers, and revising for clarity and cohesiveness.
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Remove the sentence that does not belong Revision 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Suggest appropriate revisions Editing 7. Use the correct frequently confused word 8. Correct errors with frequently confused words 9. Correct errors with signs 10. Correct errors in everyday use Complete sentences 11. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 12. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 13. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Sentence variety 14. Create varied sentences based on models Parallel structure 15. Use parallel structure Pronouns 16. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 17. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 18. Identify vague pronoun references 19. Use reflexive pronouns 20. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Nouns 21. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Subject-verb agreement 22. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 23. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 24. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Verb tense 25. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Adjectives and adverbs 26. Order adjectives 27. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Comparatives and superlatives 28. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 29. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Misplaced modifiers 30. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 31. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 32. Are the modifiers used correctly? Commas 33. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 34. Commas with series, dates, and places 35. Commas with compound and complex sentences 36. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 37. Commas with coordinate adjectives 38. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and commas 39. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 40. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 41. Use dashes 42. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 43. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Capitalization 44. Correct capitalization errors 45. Capitalizing titles Formatting 46. Formatting quotations and dialogue Plagiarism 47. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.2 Communicating Orally
ELA.8.C.2.1 Present information orally, in a logical sequence, supporting the central idea with credible evidence.
ELA.8.C.2.1 Present information orally, in a logical sequence, supporting the central idea with credible evidence.

ELA.8.C.3 Following Conventions
ELA.8.C.3.1 Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.		Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 2. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses Adjectives 7. Order adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 9. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst Adverbs 10. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 11. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Adjectives and adverbs 12. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Prepositions 13. Identify prepositional phrases Subject-verb agreement 14. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 15. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 16. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Pronouns and antecedents 17. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 18. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 19. Identify vague pronoun references Subject and object pronouns 20. Choose between subject and object pronouns 21. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 22. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Relative pronouns 23. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 24. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Personal and reflexive pronouns 25. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Possessive pronouns 26. Use possessive pronouns Frequently confused words 27. Use the correct frequently confused word 28. Correct errors with frequently confused words 29. Use the correct homophone Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 30. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 31. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 32. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Plural nouns 33. Form and use plurals: review 34. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Plural and possessive nouns 35. Form the singular or plural possessive 36. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 37. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Verb tense 38. Irregular past tense: review 39. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 40. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 41. Form the progressive verb tenses 42. Form the perfect verb tenses Active and passive voice 43. Identify active and passive voice 44. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Semicolons and commas 45. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 46. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 47. Use dashes 48. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 49. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Conjunctions 50. Use coordinating conjunctions 51. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Commas 52. Commas with series, dates, and places 53. Commas with compound and complex sentences 54. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 55. Commas with coordinate adjectives 56. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 57. What does the punctuation suggest? 58. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Formatting 59. Formatting titles 60. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 61. Formatting street addresses 62. Formatting quotations and dialogue Capitalization 63. Correct capitalization errors 64. Capitalizing titles Misplaced modifiers 65. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 66. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 67. Are the modifiers used correctly? Sentence types 68. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Sentence structure 69. Create varied sentences based on models 70. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 71. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb mood 72. Correct errors with verb mood
ELA.8.C.3.1 Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Subjects and predicates 1. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 2. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Phrases and clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 6. Identify dependent and independent clauses Adjectives 7. Order adjectives 8. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 9. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst Adverbs 10. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 11. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Adjectives and adverbs 12. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Prepositions 13. Identify prepositional phrases Subject-verb agreement 14. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 15. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 16. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Pronouns and antecedents 17. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 18. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 19. Identify vague pronoun references Subject and object pronouns 20. Choose between subject and object pronouns 21. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 22. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Relative pronouns 23. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 24. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Personal and reflexive pronouns 25. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Possessive pronouns 26. Use possessive pronouns Frequently confused words 27. Use the correct frequently confused word 28. Correct errors with frequently confused words 29. Use the correct homophone Sentences, fragments, and run-ons 30. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 31. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 32. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Plural nouns 33. Form and use plurals: review 34. Form and use plurals of compound nouns Plural and possessive nouns 35. Form the singular or plural possessive 36. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 37. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession Verb tense 38. Irregular past tense: review 39. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 40. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 41. Form the progressive verb tenses 42. Form the perfect verb tenses Active and passive voice 43. Identify active and passive voice 44. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Semicolons and commas 45. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 46. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses 47. Use dashes 48. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 49. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Conjunctions 50. Use coordinating conjunctions 51. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Commas 52. Commas with series, dates, and places 53. Commas with compound and complex sentences 54. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters 55. Commas with coordinate adjectives 56. Commas: review Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements 57. What does the punctuation suggest? 58. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Formatting 59. Formatting titles 60. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 61. Formatting street addresses 62. Formatting quotations and dialogue Capitalization 63. Correct capitalization errors 64. Capitalizing titles Misplaced modifiers 65. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 66. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 67. Are the modifiers used correctly? Sentence types 68. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Sentence structure 69. Create varied sentences based on models 70. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 71. Combine sentences using relative clauses Verb mood 72. Correct errors with verb mood
ELA.8.C.4 Researching
ELA.8.C.4.1 Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.		Research skills 1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Analyze sources 3. Determine the central idea of a passage Text evidence 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Citations 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 9. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.4.1 Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.
Research skills 1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias Analyze sources 3. Determine the central idea of a passage Text evidence 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Identify supporting details in literary texts Citations 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 9. Identify plagiarism
ELA.8.C.5 Creating and Collaborating
ELA.8.C.5.1 Integrate diverse digital media to emphasize the relevance of a topic or idea in oral or written tasks.
ELA.8.C.5.1 Integrate diverse digital media to emphasize the relevance of a topic or idea in oral or written tasks.


ELA.8.C.5.2 Use a variety of digital tools to collaborate with others to produce writing.
ELA.8.C.5.2 Use a variety of digital tools to collaborate with others to produce writing.

ELA.8.V	Vocabulary
ELA.8.V.1 Finding Meaning
ELA.8.V.1.1 Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.		1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
ELA.8.V.1.1 Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.
1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 2. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

ELA.8.V.1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.		Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 5. Words with pre- 6. Words with re- 7. Words with sub- 8. Words with mis- 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 10. Words with -ful 11. Words with -less 12. Words with -able and -ible Spelling 13. Spell words with base elements: audi, ject 14. Spell words with base elements: dict, duce, duct 15. Spell words with base elements: review
ELA.8.V.1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.
Greek and Latin roots 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Prefixes 5. Words with pre- 6. Words with re- 7. Words with sub- 8. Words with mis- 9. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Suffixes 10. Words with -ful 11. Words with -less 12. Words with -able and -ible Spelling 13. Spell words with base elements: audi, ject 14. Spell words with base elements: dict, duce, duct 15. Spell words with base elements: review

ELA.8.V.1.3 Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.		Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 5. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Synonyms and antonyms 6. Choose the synonym 7. Choose the antonym 8. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 9. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Homophones 10. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 11. Which definition matches the sentence? 12. Which sentence matches the definition? Figurative language 13. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 14. Interpret figures of speech Reference materials 15. Alphabetical order 16. Use guide words 17. Use dictionary entries 18. Use dictionary definitions 19. Use thesaurus entries Shades of meaning 20. Describe the difference between related words 21. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 22. Analogies 23. Analogies: challenge Etymology 24. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
ELA.8.V.1.3 Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.
Context clues 1. Find words using context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 5. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Synonyms and antonyms 6. Choose the synonym 7. Choose the antonym 8. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 9. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Homophones 10. Use the correct homophone Multiple-meaning words 11. Which definition matches the sentence? 12. Which sentence matches the definition? Figurative language 13. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 14. Interpret figures of speech Reference materials 15. Alphabetical order 16. Use guide words 17. Use dictionary entries 18. Use dictionary definitions 19. Use thesaurus entries Shades of meaning 20. Describe the difference between related words 21. Positive and negative connotation Analogies 22. Analogies 23. Analogies: challenge Etymology 24. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words